The Greek National Team thread

CharityStripe34 · Post #1661 » by **CharityStripe34** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:02 pm

There's zero chance. Turkey is getting every call and the ball is dropping. I'll settle for a bronze chance. Game is over.

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Jstock12 · Post #1662 » by **Jstock12** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:03 pm

CharityStripe34 wrote:There's zero chance. Turkey is getting every call and the ball is dropping. I'll settle for a bronze chance. Game is over.

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It's not about the calls. Turkey is just a much better TEAM.

TonySnellJr · Post #1663 » by **TonySnellJr** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:09 pm

Dorsey absolutely sucks outside of hitting an occasional jump shot

AussieBuck · Post #1664 » by **AussieBuck** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:12 pm

TonySnellJr wrote:Dorsey absolutely sucks outside of hitting an occasional jump shot

The guards are minor league Gary Neals and a cooked dude who was never near NBA quality. Kostas is the best non Giannis big. It's an all time garbage team. They've done well to get this far.

AussieBuck · Post #1665 » by **AussieBuck** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:13 pm

Sengun has the GOAT resting sook face.

AussieBuck · Post #1666 » by **AussieBuck** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:17 pm

Kalazakis and the other young dudes should be getting all the minutes and they need a much better ring-in than Dorsey.

AussieBuck · Post #1667 » by **AussieBuck** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:22 pm

Man's going to give himself a whiplash injury before his career is out

TonySnellJr · Post #1668 » by **TonySnellJr** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:23 pm

We're getting unsportsmanlike fouls because a center flops against a point guard...

AussieBuck · Post #1669 » by **AussieBuck** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:35 pm

TonySnellJr wrote:We're getting unsportsmanlike fouls because a center flops against a point guard...

Ref admits he flops, gives the unsportsmanlike regardless.

This Albanian dude I've never heard of would be the second best player in the Greek team.

CharityStripe34 · Post #1670 » by **CharityStripe34** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:36 pm

Jstock12 wrote:
CharityStripe34 wrote:There's zero chance. Turkey is getting every call and the ball is dropping. I'll settle for a bronze chance. Game is over.

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It's not about the calls. Turkey is just a much better TEAM.

Agreed. They are a more balanced team and better coached. They came much more prepared to play with intensity and pace.

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BUCKnation · Post #1671 » by **BUCKnation** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:43 pm

First game I've actually watched and it seems like a miracle greece made it this far.

Sigra · Post #1672 » by **Sigra** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:48 pm

Greek coach is bad. It was clear that Osmani cant miss from 3 but he still had Giannis on him. Good coach would put someone else on Osmani and Giannis in paint.

CharityStripe34 · Post #1673 » by **CharityStripe34** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:50 pm

I honestly think that Costa should have started instead of Dino. His athleticism and defensive presence would have been great. There was a pass late in the game when yannis had a beautiful drive. Two defenders rotated to him. He made a beautiful bounce pass to Dino who can't jump over a credit card and blew the layup

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AussieBuck · Post #1674 » by **AussieBuck** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:01 pm

Sigra wrote:Greek coach is bad. It was clear that Osmani cant miss from 3 but he still had Giannis on him. Good coach would put someone else on Osmani and Giannis in paint.

Almost all of the coaches decisions seemed like panic moves. Hard to blame him though, he was as outmatched as the guards on court were. Coaching was like Spoelstra vs that guy who recently coached the Bucks for half a season who's name is escaping me.

Having Dorsey and #7 bring it up against that D was a total head scratcher. Those dudes wouldn't be able to beat a press against the some local amateur teams.

Sigra · Post #1675 » by **Sigra** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:09 pm

I watched Finland vs Serbia and it looks to me that Finland will be able to do same against Greek. Greek players around Giannis looks just as bad as Serbian players around Jokic (with Bogdanovic out).

higharc · Post #1676 » by **higharc** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:09 pm

higharc wrote:Calathes is not in the roster. And our guards are more of the combo type, they have trouble with full court pressure by athletic teams.

I told you guys a few pages back.
Turkey did that all game and they had no answer. At least try Giannis as point.

Sigra · Post #1677 » by **Sigra** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:15 pm

Still, even if they finish fourth that is his best with national team.

German Athens · Post #1678 » by **German Athens** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:23 pm

I think it was in 2023 that Fotis stated he thought Greece without Giannis would beat the bucks without Giannis. That was with still capable Khris and Jrue, mind you. I think about that a lot.

Part of me gets it, it’s similar to the people who openly wonder if some college teams could beat some NBA teams.

My theory is that people can’t grasp the size/athletisicm/skill difference, because they can’t decouple the teams from their immediate environment - relatively one team or player doesn’t seem that much more impressive than another within the same league.

Turkey vs Greece felt like one of those matches where you get to see a team from a better league play one from a worse league.

Sigra · Post #1679 » by **Sigra** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:29 pm

Turkey is better team anyway. But tonight Turkey played the best they could and Greece played the worst they could. And that is coaching.

CharityStripe34 · Post #1680 » by **CharityStripe34** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 10:31 pm

We were simply unprepared for Turkey's hedge pressure on high pick and roll. Ataman exposed the guards who were weak with the ball (Dorsey, Toliopoulos) or just lacking athleticism (Sloukas). Larkin and Hazer had their way. They're just a better team.

Now they gotta turn it around for a bronze metal match against a young and hungry Finland on Sunday. While bronze sounds like the loser's medal, for small countries like Greece and Finland they are still great accomplishments.

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